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2024-2025 SUNY Downstate (Brooklyn) Secondary Essay Prompts:

1. Are there any periods longer than 3 months, from the time you graduated from high school to now, when you were not employed full time or in college full-time? (no word count)

2. Will you be attending college full time as of September 15? If no, please describe your activities for the period of September 15 to July 1 (no word count)

3. What will be your support system while in medical school? (Limit 150 words)

4. Describe what personal, urban experiences prepare you to live and study in New York City (Limit 150 words)

5. If you had a completed application to the College of Medicine in a prior application cycle, please highlight any changes since your previous application in a list with dates. If this question does not apply to you, enter "not applicable" in the text box below (Limit 150 words)

6. Why do believe you are a good fit for SUNY Downstate? (Limit 300 words)

7. What is your experience with diversity, health equity and social justice? (Limit 300 words)

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IS secondary received. Same prompts as last year!

1. Are there any periods longer than 3 months, from the time you graduated from high school to now, when you were not employed full time or in college full-time? (no word count)

2. Will you be attending college full time as of September 15? If no, please describe your activities for the period of September 15 to July 1 (no word count)

3. What will be your support system while in medical school? (Limit 150 words)

4. Describe what personal, urban experiences prepare you to live and study in New York City (Limit 150 words)

5. If you had a completed application to the College of Medicine in a prior application cycle, please highlight any changes since your previous application in a list with dates. If this question does not apply to you, enter "not applicable" in the text box below (Limit 150 words)

6. Why do believe you are a good fit for SUNY Downstate? (Limit 300 words)

7. What is your experience with diversity, health equity and social justice? (Limit 300 words)
 
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For submitting our pre-recs, I received credit for AP Biology 1/2 and lab. Since it says that I cannot use them towards a lab should I instead put in 2 other upper-level biology labs even though it asks for Biology 1/2 Lab?
 
Does anyone know if biochem would count for their science faculty letters?
 
redtrain21 said:
Does anyone know if biochem would count for their science faculty letters?
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I also had this question! I thought I saw somewhere that it had to be from one of the courses listed as a prerequisite, but on their website it says "from a science professor who has taught you in a biology, chemistry or physics course" and I've always been told that biochemistry is classified under chemistry so I'm hoping it will be fine.
 
ajshjdfhkajsdhfjk said:
I also had this question! I thought I saw somewhere that it had to be from one of the courses listed as a prerequisite, but on their website it says "from a science professor who has taught you in a biology, chemistry or physics course" and I've always been told that biochemistry is classified under chemistry so I'm hoping it will be fine.
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I emailed them and they said its fine!
 
Let me know if any future or current medical students here would be willing to read over my secondary responses for this school!
 
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Questioneer said:
Sure feel free to PM!
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Would you be able to take a look at mine too? More specifically the prompts about experiences that have prepared me to live in NYC, why I am a good fit, experiences with diversity/health equity/social justice? Thank you in advance!
 
has anyone been marked complete yet? i just submitted my secondary but my mcat and letters still haven’t been received yet
 
Recently received an email that my app has been forwarded to the committee for review
 
If my summer break after my first year of college was just barely longer than 3 months, and I wasn't employed full-time, should I say "yes" for the question: "Are there any periods longer than 3 months, from the time you graduated from high school to now, when you were not employed full time or in college full-time?" Or are they looking for things other than summer breaks?
 
does anyone know how to fill out the pre-requisites section if your school was on the quarter system?
 
I have the same question as zenvibes. How do we fill out the pre-requisite page if our Undergraduate institution was on the quarter system? For example I took 3 physics classes + labs throughout the year, but the portal only allows me to enter 2 of the 3.
 
Does anyone know if downstate accepts online courses? I saw they have a box to check if it was taken online
 
LargeTortoise said:
Does anyone know if downstate accepts online courses? I saw they have a box to check if it was taken online
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COVID-19 Information | Admissions | Student Services | SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is one of the nation's leading urban medical centers, serving the people of Brooklyn since 1860.
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COVID semesters they definitely do, but for other reasons you might have to contact the admissions office to confirm. I didn’t see anything on their website
 
Just submitted my secondary and it says letters and MCAT are not in yet, but I got an email saying my application is going to be forwarded to the Admissions Committee. Going to assume it is all good.
 
oologah2 said:
Just submitted my secondary and it says letters and MCAT are not in yet, but I got an email saying my application is going to be forwarded to the Admissions Committee. Going to assume it is all good.
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This happened to me as well. It just takes a bit for it to update on their end! I submitted my secondary in the morning and by the end of the day I think it had updated w/ everything saying complete
 
For this prompt:

1. Are there any periods longer than 3 months, from the time you graduated from high school to now, when you were not employed full time or in college full-time? (no word count)

I graduated at the end March of 2024, but was a part-time student my last quarter (Jan-March 2024). Would I have to answer "yes" to this question?
 
Is anyone's science letters still missing on the Application Checklist section (under the status bar)?
 
Submitted secondary on the 10th and committee letter was sent on the 17th, but it still says my app is incomplete bc of LOR???? Anybody else have this issue
 
Random question, but in the pre-reqs page they ask if classes were taken online. Some of my pre-req courses had to be online due to COVID (taken in 2020-2021) so should i still mark these as online even if there wasnt the choice to take them in-person?
 
Will caution folks once you get an II, they give you 5 days to pick a date and if you don't choose they withdraw your app!!!!!
 
surferduckie said:
II received on 7/30! IS ORM. Lizzy M 72. Interview dates are early to mid August
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Do you or anyone else here have insight on the "writing assignment" they describe in the interview email? Haven't heard anything about this before.

The email just says there's a writing assignment for the day of the interview to complete by the end of the interview day.
 
BiomedEngr18 said:
Do you or anyone else here have insight on the "writing assignment" they describe in the interview email? Haven't heard anything about this before.

The email just says there's a writing assignment for the day of the interview to complete by the end of the interview day.
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yeah i've done it in a previous cycle feel free to PM me
 
wannabegirldoctor said:
Submitted secondary on the 10th and committee letter was sent on the 17th, but it still says my app is incomplete bc of LOR???? Anybody else have this issue
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Similar type of issue. Took MCAT a year ago and in LOR status it shows recommendations received months ago but the application checklist still incomplete because of these two components. Contact office?
 
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